SCHEDULE OF TOPICS
May
25 The Cultural Transformation of the Fin De Siècle.
P: 23-68; DG 5-21; Sta 45-56.
26 The Cultural Transformation of the Fin De Siècle. II.
P: 23-68; DG 5-21; Sta 45-56.
27 World War I and the post War crises. I. The Breakdown of Liberal Italy.
Revolutionary Agitation and Mussolini’s "Fasci di Combattimento."
DG: 21-30; P: 80-94; Knox: 32-52.
28 Growth and Transformation of Fascism. The "March on Rome."
G: 31-37; P: 94-110.
June
1 1922-1925: Mussolini as Semi-Constitutional Prime Minister.
DG: 41-54; P: 110-115.
3 Italy 1925-1929: Mussolini’s "New State."
DG: 54-77; P: 115-128.
4 World War I and the post War crises. II. Weimar Germany.
P: 71-79; 147-157; Sta: 35-44, 57-84; Knox 7-32.
8 Hitler: from Linz to Munich, via Vienna.
P: 147-157; Sta: 67-84.
9 Weimar Stabilization. The Main Kampf and the Rebuilding of the Nazi Party.
P: 157-164; Sta: 84-88.
10 The Great Depression and the Collapse German Democracy.
P: 164-81; Sta 89-112; Knox: 32-52.
11 Midterm.
12 The Nazi Seizure of Power. The Gleichschaltung of Germany.
P:164-181; Sta: 89-134.
15 Mussolini’s Regime in the early 1930’s. The Age of Consensus. I. The Organization of Consensus.
DG: 77-91; P: 212-226.
16 The Age of Consensus. II. The Duce’s’s Totalitarian Project.
DG: 77-91; P: 212-226.
17 Fascist Foreign Policy. Ethiopia.
DG: 92-102; P: 227-238; Knox: 111-147.
18 The Nazi State: Society and Economy.
P: 179-194; Pine 17-98; Sta 135-158.
22 The Nazi State: Building a Volksgemeinschaft.
P: 194-211; Pine 101-165; Sta; 159-187
Sta 176-187; Pine: 169-225.
23 Hitler’s Foreign Policy: The Road to War.
Sta:188-213.
Mussolini’s Regime after Ethiopia: Semi-Nazification and the Racial Laws. DG: 103-116; P: 238-244.
24 World War II. The National Socialist New Order. The Final Solution.
DG: 117-123; P: 355-382; Sta: 214-74.
Mussolini’s Parallel War.
DG: 123-137; P: 382-391; Knox: 148-185.
25 Defeat and Destruction of Fascism.
DG: 130-137; P: 411-414; 436-437; Sta: 234-253.
Interpretations of Fascism and National Socialism
DG: 138-163; P: 441-495; Pine: 227-234; Sta: 292-309; 13-25.
26 Final Examination.